Today I am featuring a photo I took years ago of the ancient Roman aqueduct located in Segovia while traveling through Spain after I had finished up an assignment there. This amazing structure was constructed around the 1st century A.D., has certainly stood the test of time and is now listed as a world heritage site.
It is approximately 94' H at this point and travels in total about 20 miles through the countryside and has carried life giving water to countless generations over the millennium since it's construction. Each base column measure about 8' X 10' and is made from solid granite blocks, dry stacked on top of each other. Certainly the effort to build such a pathway was enormous and is a great testimony to the precious life giving qualities of the water it brought.
With about 70% of the world covered in it, only approximately 2% of the world's water is drinkable and sadly 25% of the world population in over 80 countries currently has no access to this important resource. As our bodies are made up of about 60% water it is mostly what sustains us on a daily basis.
It makes me think to last summer when in our home we had a short term waste water crisis, we were on conserve mode for quite a while until it could be solved and I was impressed with our saving efforts, but have to report that now as it has faded from memory, our old patterns have taken hold again.
In light of looking at this aqueduct today, maybe we should think again about how we all collectively use this limited resource.
